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Sealing the deal

Keppel Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Keppel Seghers, has signed the contract for Doha North from Qatar Public Works Authority (Ashghal) to design, build, operate and maintain a wastewater treatment and reuse plant in Qatar for QR3.6 billion (approximately S$1.5 billion or €700 million).

Sealing the deal were (front, from left to right) Mr Ali Al-Abdullah, Director-General of Urban Planning and Development and Mr Lim Chee Onn, Executive Chairman of Keppel Corporation

Keppel was awarded the contract earlier in September this year when its innovative technology proposals for both water and thermal treatment processes enabled it to stand out from the competition.

The signing ceremony on 29 October was witnessed by the Heir Apparent of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Khalifa Bin Hamad Al-Thani and Mr Wong Kan Seng, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister, during the Second Meeting of the Qatar-Singapore High-Level Joint Committee (HLJC).

The Qatari delegation include the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, and the Finance Minister and Acting Minister of Economy and Commerce, Yousef Hussein Kamal.

Known as the Doha North facility, the wastewater treatment and water reuse facility is expected to be completed in 2010, in which time, Keppel Seghers’ operation and maintenance contract with Ashghal would begin for a period of 10 years.


LARGEST WASTEWATER AND SLUDGE TREATMENT FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

With peak design capacity to treat wastewater of up to 439,000 cubic metres per day, the Doha North facility will be the largest wastewater treatment and reuse facility in Qatar, more than triple the capacity of the next largest wastewater treatment plant. The Doha North facility will serve a population of over 900,000 when completed. The treated water will be recycled for irrigation needs.

The sludge treatment plant in the Doha North facility will be the only sludge treatment plant in Qatar. It will receive and treat sludge from wastewater treatment plants all over Qatar. The treated sludge can be used as an organic fertiliser or as a supplementary green source of energy.

Within the Middle East and Mahgreb region, Keppel has delivered more than 30 water treatment projects. It recently secured two wastewater treatment and water reuse projects in Algeria. Globally, Keppel has more than 400 reference water treatment projects.